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Artemis II Heat Shield After SplashdownShortly after NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. In the months after, the agency measured whether the thermal protection system effeNASA · Oct 16
I Am Artemis: Allison MjoenAs the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride. Mjoen, NASA’s operations manager for the agency’s Exploration GroNASA · Oct 16
Blue Origin to add new Florida launch pads, seeks aggressive increase in New Glenn flight rateThe launch infrastructure improvements also include a substantial manufacturing expansion at Rocket Park and the addition of new landing barges. Spaceflight Now · Oct 16
UK to Award £25M Space Surveillance Radar Contract in July 2027The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is expected to award a £25 million contract for a ground-based space surveillance radar in July 2027. The call, published in late September, follows several changes to the government’s procurement plans for the inEuropean Spaceflight · Oct 16
NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s EdgeThis NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove.NASA · Oct 16
Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocketThe infrastructure is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.Arstechnica · Oct 16
Earth from Space: West AntarcticaFrom the ESA Blogs.ESA · Oct 16
APOD: 2026 October 16 – Chasing the International Space StationAPOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 16 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinatiNASA · Oct 16
Isaias Dims the Gulf CoastHigh-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the lights came back.NASA · Oct 16
Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027Rocket Lab has delayed its Neutron launch vehicle once again after carbon fibre manufacturing problems…
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JAXA’S MMX Mars Mission Readies for Launch with Two NASA InstrumentsThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is getting ready to launch its Martian Moons eXploration mission early next week. The spacecraft will collect samples of Phobos, one of the moons […]SpacePolicyOnline.com · Oct 16
Oct. 29: Applying AI to the GEOINT Mission
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NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming MissionNASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of Mars’ moons and build on the agency’s long history of exploring the Red Planet. The miNASA · Oct 15
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for U.S. Space ForceLiftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, at 4:57 p.m. PDT (7:57 p.m. EDT / 2357 UTC).Spaceflight Now · Oct 15
NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El NiñoA phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years marked by warNASA · Oct 15
Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power SupplyFrom the International Space Station’s unique position 250 miles above Earth, the Sun is a vital source of energy. Solar power supports the station’s life support systems, daily activities, and hundreds of research investigations that improNASA · Oct 15
NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas FarmlandA NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Transit, Texas, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Nov. 9. These flights will measure gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feediNASA · Oct 15NASA Welcomes All Ages, Experience Levels for Space Apps ChallengeRegistration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a two-day global event on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, where teams work to create solutions inspired by NASA’s most ambitious exploration goals and making use of the ageNASA · Oct 15
NASA Awards Enable Research, Technology to Build Future WorkforceNASA has selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive $12 million to accelerate academic research and technology development in support of the agency’s priorities for exploring the Moon, Mars, and deep space. Through NASA’s Minority University NASA · Oct 15
New NAVISP activities support resilient transportation in EuropeOn 14 October, at the NAVISP Industry Days in Rome, Italy, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed new contracts with three European companies that will support the development of innovative technologies for resilient rail transportation andESA · Oct 15
How NASA is thinking about a moon baseIn this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss talks with NASA’s Shatel Bhakta, the principal systems engineer for Moon Base, about what’s needed between now and 2028 and the incremental steps to […]
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Rigorous Analysis Confirms NASA’s Artemis II Heat Shield PerformanceNASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the Moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the Moon’s surface. Additional engineering data analysis of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield cNASA · Oct 15
Chandra Finds Possible Origin of ‘Treble Clef’ WavesA formation of radio waves looks remarkably like a treble clef in this Oct. 14, 2026, image from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Researchers used Chandra to find that the Treble Clef is likely caused by an outburst from a supermassive blaNASA · Oct 15
Agile Space Industries Expands to Seattle Area with New Bellevue Office
BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 15, 2026 — Agile Space Industries, a leading provider of in-space chemical propulsion solutions, has expanded into the Seattle metropolitan area with the opening of a new […]
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